Old Dan's

I spent most of my life outside in the drivin' rain
I was only trying to get my with some of life's amenities
Well nothin's free
I got more than i bargained for
Now it's plain to see
I can't depend on love to defend me
It took most of my time to do what never was done
I was on the outside of an inside kind of love that now is gone
Come right or wrong
It was laid to rest that way
I hate to be unkind
Pretending is for strangers who don't know you

I spent most of my life outside in the drivin' rain
I was in some one-horse town just waitin' for a plane to take me back
Now where's that at
I paid the price, well ain't that nice
Knowin' i'm so free
I can't depend on love to defend me
I got more than i bargained for
Now it's plain to see
I can't depend on love to defend me

Another lazy mornin'
No need to get down on anyone
My son
Coffee's in the kitchen
Woman on the run
No need to get bothered
I'l think about monday
When monday comes
It's two for one
Mister hoot 'n holler
Gotta make a dollar
Another lazy mornin'
I took time to make town 'n stock a pint or two
The most delicious brew
Keepin' up with the joneses
I hope no one telephones us
I'd take a place in the country
But for now the old back yard
Looks to me like fifty acres
Of the roundest ground in town

Another lazy mornin'
Come suppertime i'm gonna light my barbecue
Nothin' new
Only that she loves me
And nothin' i know can change me
No need to get bothered
I do more livin' than it might seem
Some dream
Livin' like a pauper
Bless my darlin' daughter

I'd like to know what makes a man go
Over land and sea
I guess it must get kinda lonesome
That's the way i used to be

Another lazy mornin'
No need to get down on anyone
Such fun
Coffee's in the kitchen
Woman on the run

There's a warm wind tonight
And the moon turns the tide
When the stars take their ride
She'll be leavin'
Where she goes, i don't know
She won't tell me what it is
That makes her act like this
But i've got a funny feelin' that it's me
It's worth believin'
Should i ask
Do you like to go walking on the shore
And listen to the sea
Or could it be someone kind
Could it be that i'm the fool
There's somethin' wrong with you
And i've got a funny feelin' that it's me
It's worth believin'

There's a breeze from the shore
And the waves overlap
When i've called in the cat
She'll go walkin'
And she cries to herself
In the night when i'm asleep
She lies awake and weeps
Could it be someone new
Some old who has returned
Or is it just a game
But i've got a funny feelin' that it's me
It's worth believin'

There's a warm wind tonight
And the moon turns the tide
When the stars take their ride
She'll be leavin'
Where she goes, i don't know
She won't tell me what it is
That makes her act like this
But i've got a funny feelin' that it's me
It's worth believin'

When i walk the hill so high
Around the town where i was born
New york seems so far away
Though i was there just yesterday
I have played on my guitar
In coffeehouses, hall, and bars
Everyone that i call friend
Knows they will not be forgot

Trains and planes and rented cars
Singers, saints, and other starts
I suspect them every one
They'll never change
It's too much fun

Just for now i'd like to rest
In the shade of a maple tree
To the blue canadian sky
I'll say a prayer for the world out there

When i stand on my own sod
It feels so good to be home, by god
The winter wind has turned my head
But i always came up warm somehow

Bottles, beads, and cigarettes
And lovers that i ain't found yet
Pickin' with a friend till dawn
And singing all of those hi'way songs

Just for now i'd like to rest
In the shade of a maple tree
To the blue canadian sky
I'll say a prayer for the world out there

When i walk the hill so high
Around the town where i was born
New york seems so far away
Though i was there just yesterday

I would travel all my life
If loneliness was not the price
While headin' north across that line's
The only time i'm flyin'

Get out old dan's records
Get out old dan's records
We will dance the whole night long
It's fun to play the old time songs
If old dan could see us now
I know he'd be so proud
Bring out old dan's records
Bring out old dan's records
I remember my aunt bea
She'd dance with dan till two or three
If old dan could see he now
I know he'd shout out loud

Dig out old dan's records
Bring out old dan's records
We're all here, we've all got dates
We'll dance all night to the seventy-eights
If old dan could see us now
I know he'd be so proud
If old dan were with us still
I know he'd come around

Get out old dan's records
Dig out old dan's records
Back to nineteen thirty-five
The foxtrot, jitterbug 'n jive
If old dan could see us now
I know he'd be so proud

Get out old dan's records
Bring out old dan's records
High above the fireplace
There's a smile on old dan's face
If old dan could see us now
I know he'd be so proud
If old dan were with us still
I know he'd come around